I couldn't agree more. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:46 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: This guy needs to get the shit beat out of him... > > Yep. It is illegal. But if you follow the courts at all, you > will see that popping a guy in the nose for patently > offensive speech is often if not usually forgiven by > prosecuters and jurors. > > If not, then the person doing the hitting has to accept the > consequences of their actions. > > I don't think that, as a rule, people should be hit for > offensive speech. And what constitutes offensive speech will > differ by situation, timing, and the people involved. But > sometimes I think it is warranted. > > For example, when someone gets in the face of a grieving > widow who lost her husband in Iraq and tells her that he was > a coward and deserved to be killed (I witnessed this in > person), he deserved the ass-kicking he got by the girl's > brother. There was no other societal mechanism that could > handle this (or work quickly enough), yet it was mean and > cruel and was not something that should be tolerated. The > violence was, in my opinion, less offensive than the speech. > > I think if there was a little more school-yard rules in our > society, it would actual be a better place. I understand that > not everyone agrees with me on this, but fortunately for me > they aren't the kind who are going to hit me when they disagree. =) > > > > On 1/24/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm pretty sure kick the shit out of somebody is illegal > somewhere else. > > > > I could be wrong. > >
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